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The majority of angry Twitter users watching the 2014 World Cup on Thursday afternoon probably shouldn’t have “attention to detail” listed on their resumes.

Brazil got off to a rough start in its opening game against Croatia as Marcelo knocked in an own goal early on in the game. The mistake gave Croatia a one-goal lead over the heavily favored Brazil, and it also gave the Internet some ammunition as the masses wasted no time unleashing on the defender on Twitter — or so they thought.

While Marcelo’s Twitter mentions were mostly spared, Marcello — a European model who spells his name with two l’s — received the brunt of the harsh, obscene and nasty comments. The model wasn’t amused by the hate being hurled at him, so he sent out a plea to divert the anger to who it was initially intended for.

To all those hurling abuse at me for scoring an own goal, please re-direct your anger to @12MarceloV. Thank you